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Saturday, 14 January 2017
quote [ “It’s shifting the burden of proof from the motor vehicle driver to the pedestrian,” said Rep. Keith Kempenich, R-Bowman, who admitted the bill is in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests ]
More on legislation spurred by the pipeline protests.
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 8:58pm GMT on 14th Jan
[Score:5 Insightful]
I wonder what the Representative would have to say if someone proposed a similar bill regarding the health and wellbeing of anti-abortion protesters?
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RokDragon said @ 2:53am GMT on 15th Jan
If they were standing in an ooen public roadway, I would say that they need to be more concerned about their own health and well-being.
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 3:48am GMT on 15th Jan
So Constitutional rights for some, not for others. Got it.
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RokDragon said[1] @ 5:04am GMT on 15th Jan
Seems pretty equal to me. Regardless of the 'cause' you are protesting, using your body to stop a moving vehicle is not exactly being conscientious of your own health. Abortion protestors should have just as much right to be run over as anyone else.
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sanepride said @ 5:51am GMT on 15th Jan
I don't know if ND has a 'personhood' law, but it's conceivable that someone could run down a pregnant protestor, and only be charged for killing the fetus.
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HoZay said @ 8:41pm GMT on 14th Jan
This is just so Indians don't forget their place in North Dakota.
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